Removed by Eric Pickersgill

Removed by Eric Pickersgill North Carolina photographer Eric Pickersgill has created a fascinating series where he removes the mobile phones from everyday life, exposing how ingrained these devices have become in our social interactions. While the work is posed, I believe it resonates deeply with the concept of the decisive moment. Pickersgill captures how our […]

Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz (born March 1938) As part of my ongoing research into street photographers suggested by my tutor, I’ve recently explored the work of Joel Meyerowitz—someone I must admit I had little knowledge of prior to this. Meyerowitz was first inspired to take up photography after seeing Robert Frank’s work firsthand on a commercial shoot […]

Don McCullin

McCullin: BBC Imagine – A Portrait of Don McCullin Don McCullin is primarily known as a British war photographer, whose work for the Sunday Times in the 1960s and 70s brought images of the Vietnam War, the conflict in Cyprus, and many other global crises to the public’s attention. However, for me, McCullin has always […]

Face – Bruce Gilden

Face – Bruce Gilden “Face” is Bruce Gilden’s latest book, a photographer I have previously expressed admiration for in an earlier blog post. Although I don’t have a copy of the book, I have come across reviews and example images in the Sean O’Hagan on Photography section of The Guardian website. These images are exactly […]

Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (FOX, Gerald, 2005) Shown on ITV’s The South Bank Show in 2005, this documentary offers an intimate look at one of the world’s greatest living photographers, Robert Frank. Initially, after watching the first five minutes, I found Frank to come across as rude and petulant, which […]

Philip Lorca – diCorsa

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Photographer (Born 1951) Simon, my tutor, suggested I explore the work of Philip-Lorca diCorcia in comparison to that of Bruce Gilden (or Bruce Davidson). Immediately, the differences in their styles are apparent, though both convey an intense reality in their images. Where Gilden “ambushes” his subjects, capturing spontaneous action to produce raw, […]